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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/filecmp.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/filecmp.rst b/Doc/library/filecmp.rst index e0ffff704e..f84cfa9a2d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/filecmp.rst +++ b/Doc/library/filecmp.rst @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ The :class:`dircmp` class 'tags']``. *hide* is a list of names to hide, and defaults to ``[os.curdir, os.pardir]``. + The :class:`dircmp` class compares files by doing *shallow* comparisons + as described for :func:`filecmp.cmp`. + The :class:`dircmp` class provides the following methods: @@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ The :class:`dircmp` class Print a comparison between *a* and *b* and common subdirectories (recursively). - The :class:`dircmp` offers a number of interesting attributes that may be + The :class:`dircmp` class offers a number of interesting attributes that may be used to get various bits of information about the directory trees being compared. @@ -146,12 +149,14 @@ The :class:`dircmp` class .. attribute:: same_files - Files which are identical in both *a* and *b*. + Files which are identical in both *a* and *b*, using the class's + file comparison operator. .. attribute:: diff_files - Files which are in both *a* and *b*, whose contents differ. + Files which are in both *a* and *b*, whose contents differ according + to the class's file comparison operator. .. attribute:: funny_files @@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ Documentation - Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or execfile(). +- Issue #15250: Document that filecmp.dircmp compares files shallowly. Patch + contributed by Chris Jerdonek. + Tests ----- |